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SPORTS Friday 23 august 2019

Davis, Mets helped

by Indians’ mental

lapse, win 4-3 in 10

By The Associated Press to set the stage for Bryant,
NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Da- who stroked a 1-1 pitch
vis lined an RBI single with from Reyes Moronta (3-7)
two outs that capped a into the left field bleachers.
two-run rally in the 10th in- Brandon Kintzler (3-2)
ning, and New York beat pitched a scoreless eighth
Cleveland. for the win and Craig Kim-
All-Star reliever Brad Hand’s brel worked a 1-2-3 ninth for
failure to cover first base on his 11th save.
a potential game-ending DODGERS 2, BLUE JAYS 1, 10
double-play grounder cost INNINGS
Cleveland. Davis made the LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max
Indians pay with his first ca- Muncy homered in the bot-
reer game-ending hit. tom of the 10th inning to lift
The Mets won their fourth in Los Angeles over Toronto
a row and for the 20th time for its 50th home victory of
in 25 games, moving a sea- the season. New York Mets’ J.D. Davis reacts, center, is congratulated by teammates after he drove in the
son-high six over .500. Will Smith also went deep winning run with a single during the 10th inning of the team’s baseball game against the Cleveland
Carlos Santana hit a solo and Walker Buehler threw Indians, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in New York. The Mets won 4-3.
home run with two outs in seven shutout innings for Associated Press
the Cleveland 10th off Luis the major league-leading and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. dez’s first pitch, leading to two-base error and scored
Avilan (4-0) for a 3-2 lead. Dodgers, who have base- Junior Guerra got the last the ejection of Braves man- one out later on Eugenio
Amed Rosario opened the ball’s best home record as out in the bottom of the ager Brian Snitker. Suárez’s single.
Mets 10th with a double off well at 50-16. seventh and earned his NATIONALS 11, PIRATES 1 Iglesias lofted his ninth
Hand (6-4), who later broke Muncy sent his 33rd homer third save. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pat- homer of the season into
for the plate on what could to center field off Tim Mayza Moustakas, who also rick Corbin pitched eight the seats down the left-
have been a double play (1-3) with one out. The slug- walked three times, hit a scoreless innings to remain field line with one out in the
as the tying run scored. ger picked up the Dodgers three-run homer in the first unbeaten in more than fourth inning for a 4-1 lead.
CUBS 12, GIANTS 11 after closer Kenley Jansen off Adam Wainwright (9-9) two months, and Asdrúbal Cincinnati’s Michael Loren-
CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bry- gave up a tying homer to to highlight a four-run out- Cabrera’s three-run home zen had two strikeouts in a
ant hit a go-ahead, two- Rowdy Tellez in the ninth. burst. run capped a six-run third perfect eighth. Raisel Igle-
run homer in the eighth in- Fans booed Jansen after BRAVES 5, MARLINS 0 as Washington rolled past sias had two strikeouts in
ning to give Chicago a wild he got two more outs to ATLANTA (AP) — Adeiny Pittsburgh. the ninth on the way to his
victory over San Francisco. end the inning. Hechavarría and Ronald Corbin (10-5) struck out 26th save.
Nicholas Castellanos and Pedro Baez (7-2) got the Acuña Jr. each hit a two- four and walked two while ROCKIES 7, DIAMOND-
Kyle Schwarber also con- win with one inning of relief. run homer, Julio Teheran throwing 93 pitches to help BACKS 2
nected for Chicago, which BREWERS 5, CARDINALS 3, struck out a season-high the Nationals maintain their PHOENIX (AP) — Tim Mel-
has won four straight de- 7½ INNINGS nine and Atlanta beat Mi- lead atop the NL wild-card ville pitched seven innings
spite losing leads twice in ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike ami. standings. of two-hit ball in his first ma-
the last four innings. Moustakas homered and The Braves are 14-4 against Joe Musgrove (8-12) gave jor league appearance in
The Cubs moved back into Keston Hiura drove in a pair Miami this year after win- up six runs and seven hits almost two years, and Col-
first place in the NL Cen- of runs to lead Milwaukee ning the 2018 season series in five innings as Pittsburgh orado cruised past Arizona.
tral by a half-game over over St. Louis in a rain-short- between the NL East rivals lost for the 29th time in 37 Melville (1-0), a 29-year-old
St. Louis, which lost to Mil- ened game. 14-5. games since the All-Star right-hander with just six
waukee in a rain-shortened The game was stopped af- Teheran (8-8) combined break. previous big-league ap-
game. ter 7½ innings and made with Sean Newcomb and REDS 4, PADRES 2 pearances who started
Castellanos, who went 4 official following a rain de- Josh Tomlin for a seven- CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis this season in independent
for 5, has homered in three lay of 66 minutes. hitter. The right-hander al- Castillo shook off his worst ball, limited Arizona to a
straight games for the sec- Milwaukee broke a six- lowed five hits in seven in- career start to pitch six solid first-inning double and a
ond time in his career. game losing streak against nings. innings and José Iglesias hit sixth-inning home run to
Evan Longoria, Mike Yastr- the Cardinals, who were Acuña’s shot off Ca- a solo home run to pace go with four strikeouts and
zemski, Stephen Vogt and knocked out of first place leb Smith (8-7) in the fifth the Reds. two walks. He also picked
Kevin Pillar homered for in the NL Central — falling cleared the center field Castillo (12-5), who allowed up his first major-league hit
San Francisco, which has one-half game behind the wall. nine hits and eight runs on — a two-out, fourth-inning
dropped three straight. Cubs. His team-leading 36th hom- Friday against St. Louis, single — and his first two
Castellanos led off the Adrian Houser (6-5) gave up er came one night after he bounced back to limit San career RBIs.
eighth with an infield single three runs — one earned — was hit by Elieser Hernan- Diego to five hits and one Ketel Marte and Alex Avila
run with four strikeouts. homered for the Diamond-
The Reds sent nine batters backs, who had their four-
to the plate while scoring game win streak snapped.
three runs in a third inning, The Rockies jumped on
started by Eric Yardley (0- struggling Arizona starter
1), who got the loss in his Mike Leake (9-10) early
major league debut. with two runs on three
Nick Senzel led off with a straight singles and a field-
line drive that left fielder er’s choice in the top of the
Josh Naylor misplayed for a first.q